ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE

ASTRONOMY WEBQUEST…… EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE !

Use the suggested websites to answer the following questions.

General Astronomy
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html

What is a light year?


What is a parsec?


What is an astronomical unit?



Stars – You will have to search the site for the answers
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/a-star-is-a-big-ball-of-gas-text.html

What is a nebula?


How are stars born?



What happens to stars as they age?



What are red giants?



What is a white dwarf?



What is a Globular Cluster?




What is the relationship between Globular Clusters and the Milky Way?


Lifecycle of a Star
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/LifeCycle/starsbackground.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Nebula.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Strange.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Galaxy.html
http://www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro9/files/html/module2/module2.html#6
http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/everyone/pulsars/

Stars and planets are made from gases in a
_ light years across.
How much longer will our Sun last? _
Lifetimes of stars range from _ to


_ and .
Describe the stages of a star’s life cycle in the correct order.




What is a supernova?


What are the possible end-products of a supernova?


What is a pulsar?


How is a pulsar formed?



Universe - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/universe.html

What is a black hole?


Quasar is short for…

How much energy do quasars give off?



What gives a star its light?





Sketch 3 types of Galaxy. Indicate which one most closely resembles our galaxy.




Read the following background articles on how the universe began, and how galaxies merge and collide.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051212_mystery_monday.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/merging_backhole_021119.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/spongy_universe_010522-1.html